Bought a Yamazaki white forest cake (they had the black forest one but I thought that's rather boring) and had an early birthday celebration for my dear twin siblings before Mom and Dad goes off to Japan for a holiday trip.

I recall feeling neglected when you two were surrounded by red hard-boiled eggs, a plate of chicken wings, a big saucepan of fried bee hoon, and of course a lovely birthday cake with a burning candle that lit up your faces. Those were the days, when childish me thought I had lost mom's and dad's love to you two. And today, I'm singing the birthday song with my heart, with a birthday cake I bought for you.Not quite innovative with birthday greetings so I decided to skip those. I'll just say I hope to be singing birthday songs for you two, for as long as I could, together with new people who love you even more, as you form your own heartwarming families one day...

***********************************************************************************************************小雨 holds my hand and walks me to and fro the bedroom and living room these days. She loves to bring me to the side platform of our bed where we sit and read her ABC board book together. I'll point to the pictures while she pronounces the new nouns in her small, but growing vocabulary bank, enthusiastically.

She's been saying the word "Ye-llow!" but I think she doesn't know what it means yet.